Friday, January 17, 2014

Amartya Sen at Zee Jaipur Literature Festival-2014

On being invited to the Jaipur Festival, I was naturally
nervous about attempting an opening address to such an elite gathering.
However, about ten days ago I saw in the newspapers, indeed in all of them,
that India has entered triumphantly into the “elite club” of the world. The
Times of India’s headline said: GSLV-DV launch successful, India joins elite
club”. As an Indian citizen, I immediately lost..........